If a scientist holds an idea to be true and finds any counter-evidence whatever, the idea is either () or abandoned.

单项选择题Just as space was () into regions, time was split up into eras, seasons, and epochs.

A. evolved
B. originated
C. decomposed
D. detached

单项选择题The () sound of movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake.

A. faint
B. vague
C. slender
D. dim